The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is cracking down on cross-border train operators from Mexico who lack basic English language proficiency, in a bid to make rail operations safer in the United States, Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said in a Dec. 19 statement.
In the fall, FRA inspectors conducted routine regulatory oversight of cross-border operations on Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CPKC), finding that several inbound crew members faced difficulty when interpreting General Track Bulletins and communicating safety requirements in English.
